http://www.medrants.com/archives/4935 Internal medicine, American health care, and especially medical education Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:15:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.medrants.com/archives/4935/comment-page-1#comment-529502 DF Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:19:21 +0000 http://www.medrants.com/?p=4935#comment-529502 I went to medical school after completing my masters degree in education. It always shocked me that doctors who insisted on latest research to guide their therapies knew nothing of the research on education and learning. There is significant data on absorption and retention relative to sleep deprivation. It is not enough to have the quantity of hours in the operating room. Less hours for a well rested resident will provide the same training effect as more hours when he/she is sleep deprived. Medical training will only progress when education is regarded a science. The medical establishment continues with the philosophy that "this is the way I learned it and it was good for me, so that is the way I will train you". Would you want your pediatrician to treat your children with same treatments he received as a child? Let's catch up with our educational and training techniques! I went to medical school after completing my masters degree in education. It always shocked me that doctors who insisted on latest research to guide their therapies knew nothing of the research on education and learning. There is significant data on absorption and retention relative to sleep deprivation.
It is not enough to have the quantity of hours in the operating room. Less hours for a well rested resident will provide the same training effect as more hours when he/she is sleep deprived.
Medical training will only progress when education is regarded a science. The medical establishment continues with the philosophy that “this is the way I learned it and it was good for me, so that is the way I will train you”. Would you want your pediatrician to treat your children with same treatments he received as a child? Let’s catch up with our educational and training techniques!

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